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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



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UFFALO. 



A Souvenir of the Annual Convention 



of the 



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y!^merican gociety of Qwil Engineers 



Held at Buffalo, N. Y., June 10-13. 




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Copyright, 1884, by 
MATTHEWS, NORTHRUP & CO., BUFFALO, N. Y. 



/^OMPILED under direction of the Committee of Resident Members, by 
• William Thurstone, Secretary of the Buffalo Merchants' Exchange. . . 



. Committee on Reception 

His Honor The Mayor, Mr. Jonathan Scovillp; 

The President of the Common Council, Mr. R. R. Hefford. 
The President of the Merchants' Exchange, Mr. E. L. Hedstrom. 

Committee on Entertainment. . . . 



Mr. Franklin D. Locke, 
Mr. Henry W. Box, 
Gen. George S. Field, 
Mr. Josiah Jewett, . . 
Mr. John F. Moui.ton, . 
Mr. Henry A. Richmond, 
Mr. E. C. Sprague, . . 



The Hon. R, 



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Mr. W. S. Bissell. . 
Dr. Charles Gary, . 
Mr. S. S. Guthrie, . 
Mr. D. H. McMillan, 
Mr. E. H. Moviu.s, . 
Mr. B. C. Rumsey, . 
Mr. Wm. Thurstone, 



Titus. 



Committee on Printing. 



Mr. Jas. N. Matthews . Mr. Charles W. M'Cune, 

Mr. Jas. D. Warren 



Committee on Transportation. 



Mr. W. S. Baldwin Mr. J. S. Bartlett, 

Mr. F. E. Merrill, Mr. J. A. Burch, 

Mr. W. H. Perry, Mr. R. H. Noble, 

Mr. Peter C. Doyle 



Committee of Resident Members of the American Society 
of Civil Engineers 



Gen. George S. Field, Chairman 

Mr. S. J. Field Mr. George S. Gatchell, 

Mr. Wm. a. Havf.n Mr. Edmund Hayes, . 

Mr. Louis H. Knapp, Mr. C. Neilson, . . 

Mr. Henry A. Richmond Mr. B. C. Rumsey, . . 

Mr. Edward S. Safford Mr. William H. Starr, 

Mr. T. Guilford Smith, Secretary 



The City and County Hall 



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The City and County Halt 



ROUND was broken for the foundation of the building on the 21st 
day of August, 1871. The cornerstone was laid with appropriate 
ceremonies on the 24th day of June, 1872 




The building was com- 



pleted and occupied in March, 1876. 



T^HE total cost of the building and furniture was about $1,350,000. Appro- 

• priation authorized by the Legislature, $1,450,000. The passenger elevators 

were but recently placed in the building at an expense of $10,000 



T^HE annual expenditure for maintenance of the building and grounds is about 

• $30,000. The cost of building and the expense of maintenance is borne 
equally by the City of Buffalo and the Count)' of Erie 

"THE building is constructed of granite from Clark's Island, Maine. The 

• four granite statues which adorn the tower cost $22,000, and represent 
"Justice," "Mechanic Arts," "Agriculture" and "Commerce." 



T"HE great clock in the tower is one of the heaviest and best in the country, 

■ and is connected with twenty-nine electric dials, which furnish standard time 

throughout the building [over.] 



T^HE following gentlemen composed the Board of Commissioners under whose 

• direction the building Avas erected: James M. Smith, Chairman, (resigned); 
Georgk S. Wardwell, Chairman ; James Adams, Philip Becker, Dennis 
BowEN, George W. Havward, Albert P. Laning, John Nice, Allen Potter, 
and Jasper B. Youngs 

'T'HE Board of Trustees having charge of the building at present is: Philip 

• Becker, Chairmati ; John M. Hutchinson, Robert P. Wilson, Dr. F. H. 

James, David C. Oatman and Charles A. Sweet 

Benjamin Folsom, Clerk. 




M.DCCC.LXXXIV, 



The Hon. Jonathan Scoville, 

|0f J. & N. C. Scoville, CarWhcel Works.] 



Mayor of the City of Buffalo. 

[Elected Nov. 6, 1883.) 



Buffalo Harbor. 



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Buffalo Harbor. 




UFFALO has a water-front of six miles on the lake and Niagara 
River. Its harbor is one of the finest on the lakes, formed by the 
Buffalo River, a small stream which is navigable for over two miles 
from its mouth. The entrance is protected by a breakwater, which is 1,500 feet 
long, upon the south side of the river, and there is also another on the north 
side, by which a capacious harbor is made 

TN 1869 the United States Government began the construction of an outside 

• harbor by building a breakwater, designed to be 4,000 feet long, fronting the 
entrance of the river about half a mile from the shore ; nearly two-thirds of die 
breakwater is completed. In addition, there are a large number of slips, docks 
and basins. The estimated available water-frontage is fully eighteen miles. 
Propellers of 2,800 tons burthen navigate freely 

TN 1883 the arrivals and clearances of vessels aggregated 4,150,782 tonnage. 

• For same year the aggregate receipts of flour and grain were 76,079,930 
bushels, and 233,433,000 feet of lumber, in addition to large quantises of mer- 
chandise of all kinds. Over 1,250,000 tons of coal were exported, in addition 
to cement, salt, railroad iron, and miscellaneous freight 



TiFFT Farm Improvement. 



HE great works of improvement, to cost $4,000,000, now progressing 
on the Tifft Farm property', belonging to the Lehigh Valley Railroad 
Company, commenced in 1882, will add verj^ largely to the harbor 
facilities of Buffalo 




HTHERE will be nine miles of docks and four and one-half miles of canals, 

16 feet deep and 200 feet wide; 15 miles of railroad tracks; 4,500 feet of 

coal stocking trestles, with storage capacity of 110,000 tons; and 1,800 feet of 

shipping pockets 



St. Paul's Church. 









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St. Pauls Church. 




HIS imposing and beautiful structure, built of Medina sandstone, is 
considered one of the finest specimens of Early English Gothic 
Architecture in the United States. It is situated on the plot bounded 



by Erie, Church, and Pearl Streets, and has a seating capacit)' of 1,200. 



'X'HE foundation was commenced September 3, 1849; corner-stone laid by 
Bishop De Lancey June 12, 1850, and the edifice consecrated by him 
October 22, 1851. It was fully completed about 1870, at a cost of $155,000. 
Length of edifice 175 feet; greatest width 94 feet. Height of tower from base 
line to the spire cross, 274 feet, being but Httle less than that of Trinity Church, 
New-York. Its shape is octagon, with large louver windows in the belfry. . . 

A FINE chime of ten bells and a splendid single bell add to the attractiveness 

of this church. The chancel window is lancet triplet, filled with stained 

glass, as are all the other lancet windows. The roof is open timbered, supported 

by two rows of columns 

A MASS of foliage which has grown over the walls of the church adds greatly 

• to the beauty of the edifice in summer, and the loud twittering of hundreds 

of sparrows who have built their nests in the creeping vines attracts attention. . 



npHE Reverend William Shelton. D. D., was appointed Rector and preached 

• his first sermon September 13, 1829. He celebrated the golden anniversar}' 

of his pastorate September 13, 1879. After his resignation he was made Rector 

Emeritus, January 11, 188 1 

CT. Paul's Church may be justly considered a fitting monument to the untiring 

- zeal, perseverance and industrj^ of the Reverend Dr. Shelton, who was born 

September 11, 1798, in Bridgeport, Conn., and died (in the house of his birth) 

October 11, 1883, aged 85 years 



Delaware Avenue. 



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Delaware Avenue. 



EGINNING at the Terrace, in the lower or southern portion of the city, 
the far-famed Delaware Avenue, the pride of Buffalo and the boast of 
her citizens, runs almost due north several miles, out to and beyond 




the park, far out into the country. 



TT is a broad and magnificent street, shaded on either side with a double row 

of noble trees, and adorned for miles with elegant lawns and beautiful 

residences, constituting the most charming homes in Buffalo, in Vv'hich every 

visitor from abroad finds much to admire 

TN the summer Delaware Avenue affords the favorite drive to the Park, and 

in the after part of the day the street is crowded with fashionable equipages, 

and the sidewalks are gay with pedestrians. In the winter, during the days of 

sleighing, it is a constant scene of great animation . . . 

'X'HE view here given is taken at the Allen-Street crossing, looking down 

Delaware Avenue southward. Northward the view is interrupted by the 

rising ground, of which North Street forms the crown, and beyond which many 

of the finest residences in the country are to be found 



pTROM North Street southward to Virginia Street the roadway of Delaware 
Avenue is constructed of the famous Barber Asphalt Pavement, as shown in 
the view, and so well known to all who have visited the National Capital. It is 
the i^rincipal pavement used in the magnificent avenues of Washington. . 

T^HIS pavement contributes greatly to the comfort of the residents of this and 

• other portions of Buffalo, being perfectly smooth, easily kept clean, and 

repaired at the minimum of trouble and expense. Over seventy-five lineal miles 

of this pavement have been laid in the United States 

T^HE Barber Asphalt Pavement is composed of indestructible materials, 

cemented together by native American asphalt obtained from Pitch Lake at 

La Brea, in the Island of Trinidad 



The Board of Trade Building. 






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Buffalo Merchants' Exchange. 



HE Buffalo Merchants' Exchange, incorporated 1882, is the successor 
to the Board of Trade, constituted January, 1844, and incorporated 




March, 1857. The membership is already over 520. 



T^HE Exchange occupies the fourth floor in the Board of Trade building, which 

is a substantial fire-proof edifice, having a frontage of 132 feet on Seneca 

Street and 60 on Pearl, 100 feet in height, with seven stories 

'T^HE fagade of cut stone, terra cotta, pressed brick and iron is quite elaborate. 

The main entrance is a handsome arched doorway eight feet wide, with 

granite columns supporting elaborately carved capitals on each side 

'T^HE building contains 73 offices and is furnished with ever)' modern con- 
venience for the comfort of the tenants and for commercial transactions. 
The total cost, including land, e.xceeded $250,000 

'X'HE Merchants' Exchange Rooms were opened with appropriate ceremonies 

on January ist, 1884. The grand chamber is 70 feet long, 53 feet wide, 

and 23 feet high, with a ladies' gallerj- over the east end. The furniture and 

fittings are handsome and appropriate 



The Public Parks. 



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The Public Parks. 




HE public pleasure grounds in Buffalo contain about 500 acres. The 
largest, named simply "The Park," 350 acres, is situated about 33^ 
miles north from the City Hall. The next in size, named "The 
Parade," about 2]/^ miles east, contains 56 acres. Another, on the west border, 
named " The Front," contains about 50 acres 

A PLEASING combination of wood, lawn and water, the general landscape 
design of "The Park," is very simple and natural. It has several native 
groves suitable for picnics, or for secluded shady rambles, and is adorned with 
great masses of flowering shrubbery. A large open sweep of undulating turf, 
150 acres, is named "The Meadow." In another part is a fine ornamental lake, 
named " Gala Water," about 46 acres in area, diversified by deep sinuosities and 
projecting bluffs, half revealing half concealing the extent of the water surface. 
About 75 boats are kept at "The Boat-house." 

TJAVING a smooth, gently-sloping lawn, wTth a uniform even plane about 20 
acres in area, "The Parade" is especially designed for military drills, 
parades, and all attractive out-door sports. A large refector}', called "The 
Parade House," adjacent to a small natural grove, affords ample opportunitj' for 
shade, rest, or refreshment, and all kinds of popular festivities 



/^CCUPYING a commanding position on the summit of a steep bluff, from 40 
to 60 feet above the level of Lake Erie, " The Front " affords an interesting 
view of the Canadian Frontier and the Niagara River, while the prospect over 
the blue waters of the lake extends to the distant horizon. In the summer and 
autumn months "The Front" is fanned by cool, refreshing, westerly breezes 
almost constantly blowing from the lake. A broad carriage plaza in the centre 
of the grounds is flanked by a small restaurant named " Lake View House," 
from the upper veranda of which a magnificent prospect over land and water 
is obtained 

A PROMINENT feature of the system are "The Park Approaches," consisting 

of four parkways, each 200 feet in width, and aggregating over three miles 

in length, uniting the three larger parks, and also tapping conveniently all the 

important trunk thoroughfares of the city 

jM" EARLY all the land now held for public grounds was acquired about four- 
teen years ago at a cost of about ^375,000. Total cost of all improvements 
to this date about $900,000. 

'T'HE Park System is under the direct charge of a Board of fifteen Commis- 
sioners, who serve without pay. The executive officers are a Superintendent 
and Secretary 



The Buffalo Elevators. 



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The Buffalo Elevators. 




HE transfer of grain cargoes from vessels into storehouses and canal- 
boats, prior to 1843, was done by manual and horse labor, being raised 
from the hold in tubs and bags 



TN that year the first elevator ever built for elevating and storing grain was 
• erected, with steam power attached, near the mouth of Buffalo River. It had 
55,000 bushels storage and 15,000 bushels transfer capacity. Now, on the river 
banks are twenty-two storage elevators, ten transfer towers, and six floaters. 
The aggregate cost of all these elevators was over $6,500,000 

T^HE combined storage capacity of this port is 9,215,000 bushels, with daily 

• transfer capacity of about 3,000,000 bushels. That is to say, the elevators of 

Buffalo are capable of receiving from lake vessels and transferring to canal-boats 

and cars 3,000,000 bushels of grain daily, if called upon to do so 



CTATEMENT showing the quantity of grain handled in the years specified 

1876, . . 39.S53.582 bushels. 

1877, . . 56,591,019 bushels. 

1878, . . 74,364,910 bushels. 

1879, . . 75,089,768 bushels. 



1880, 
1881, 
1882, 
1883, 



98,902,050 bushels. 
49.394,724 bushels. 
50,954,815 bushels. 
64,436,804 bushels. 



C EVERAL of the elevators have machinery^ attached whereby 60,000 to 70,000 
bushels of wet or damaged grain can be dried every twenty-four hours. . 



STORAGE ELEVATORS. 



Nominal Stor- 
age Capacity. 
1 Bushels, 



TRANSFER TOWERS. 



Nominal 
Storage 
Capacity. 
Bushels. 



FLOATERS. 



Bennett, 

Brown, 

City, 

C. J. Wells, 

Connecting Terminal R. R.. 

Erie Basin, 

Evans, 

Exchange, 

Lyon, 

Marine, 

Niagara A, . . 

Niagara B, 

New-York, Lake Erie & Western, 

Richmond, 

Sternberg, . . ... 

Sturges, 

Swiftsure, 

Tifft, 

Wm. Wells, 

Wheeler, 

Watson, 

Wilkeson, 

Total Storage Capacity, 



600,000 
250,000 
600,000 
350,000 
950,000 
200,000 
250,000 
250,000 
100,000 
150,000 
650,000 
1,200,000 
650,000 
250,000 
350,000 
300,000 
175,000 
350,000 
200,000 
200,000 
600,000 
200,000 



40,000 
40,000 



Chicago, 

Coatsworth, .... 

Fulton, 

Horton, 

Kellogg & McDougall, 
Merchants, .... 
Northwest, .... 
National Mills, . . . 

Schreck, 

Union, 

Total Storage Capacity, i 390,000 



70,000 
15,000 
15,000 
100,000 
50,000 
60,000 



Buffalo. . . 
Free Trade. 
Free Canal. 
L Y. Munn. 
Marquette. . 
Niagara. 



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Storage Elevators, 22 

Transfer Towers, 10 

Floating Elevators, 6 

Total, . . 38 



Capacity, 8,825,000 
Capacity, 390,000 
Capacity, .... 



I 8,825,000 



. . . 9,215,000 

Note — Of ihe twenty-two Storage Elevators, four are 
Railroad Elevators, ten have railroad connection and eight 
can ship by canal only 



Buffalo Cement Company's Works. . 



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The Geology of Buffalo. 



HE surroundings of Buffalo offer a splendid field for the study of 
Geolog)-. From the waters of Lake Ontario, washing the shales of 
the Medina groups, we can trace the successive formations along the 
gorge of the Niagara, through the Clinton and the Niagara shales and lime- 
stones, the last of which forms the far-famed Falls 




T7R0M the rapids above the Falls until we arrive at Black Rock, we meet 
• nothing but a deep layer of bowlder clay, covering the rocks of the Onondaga 
Salt Group. As we travel in an east-northeasterly direction from Black Rock 
through the northern part of the City of Buffalo, we encounter a heavy limestone 
ridge, rising from sixty to seventy feet within the course of one mile 

T^HIS ridge is formed of the rocks of the Waterlime, Onondaga and Corniferous 

■ limestones. The latter formation underlies every part of the city, and if a 

solid foundation can add to the permanency of a structure the beautiful City of 

Buffalo must endure forever 

C^ OING southerly along the lake shore we meet in succession the series of the 
Hamilton shales and the Portage rocks, facing the waters of Lake Erie in 
bold cliffs and offering a rich store of fossils in numbers of fine exposures. 



'T'HE Waterlime is really an impure limestone, a mixture of the clay of the 
Onondaga Salt Group and the succeeding limestones. It is well known that 
the celebrated English Portland cement is an artificial mixture of clay and lime ; 
here, with us. Mother Nature has performed the work and we have a true cement 
rock, ready prepared in its proper proportions, in this waterlime group. . . . 

T^HE fact is best illustrated by the following comparative analysis by Prof. E. T. 
Cox, the late State Geologist of Indiana: 

BUFFALO CEMENT. 
32.86. 
10.40. 
56.74. 

r^OMPARATIVE tests of strength made at the office of the City Engineer of 

Cincinnati, Ohio, accord to the Buffalo product a greater tensile strain per 

square inch than to the imported article 





ENGLISH PORTLAND. 


Silicic Acid, . 


31-43 


Alumina, 


10. So 


Lime and Magnesia, 


57-77 



T^HE above-mentioned limestone ridge, of which the waterlime forms the 
• lowest portion, is largely covered with a deposit of clay ; the fact that this has 
been washed away near our city gives us such fine exposures of this interesting 
rock, and the extensive quarries operated by the Buffalo Cement Company 
afford to the geologist the best opportunity to study with care this useful and 
important rock formation 



The Ten Combined Locks. 



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HIS massive mechanical structure on the Erie Canal at Lockport over- 
comes the difference in the water level between Lake Erie above and 
Genesee River below, and eastward at Rochester. There are five pairs 
of the locks, each of twelve feet lift, all constructed of massive blocks of lime- 
stone at a total cost of over half a million dollars 

"T^HIS great work gives to Lockport not only its name, but the magnificent 
water power which this difference in levels furnishes has contributed largely 
in making that city a thrift)' manufacturing town of 15,000 inhabitants. The 
entire volume of water in the canal is available for power, under sixt}- feet 
head, except the comparatively small amount used in lockages of boats. . . 

'X'HIS surplus water drawn through a race-way on one side at the head of the 
locks, after use as power on the wheels of the numerous manufacturing 
establishments which line its banks, is dischartjed into the canal ao-ain below. 

^^N the other side it is drawn through a tunnel, cut through the solid rock, 
1,000 feet in length, and under the extensive factory of the Holly Manu- 
facturing Company, a partial view of whose extensive works is seen perched 
upon the cliff above the locks 



'JpHIS company takes its name from Birdsill Holly, who has won an enviable 

reputation for his inventive and mechanical genius. Its chief business is the 

manufacture of pumping machiner)', and other appliances for water-works, under 

what is popularly known as "The Holly System." 

^HE Holly Manufacturing Company have recently commenced the manufac- 

• ture of a new type of Pumping Engine, from designs of its present 
Mechanical Engineer, Mr. Harvey F. Gaskill. It has won the meed of highest 
praise from eminent engineers, and bids fair to take rank with the best pumping 
engines in the world 

'pHE first engine of its kind was put in operation at Saratoga Springs, New- 

• York, and is performing a dail)' duty of 105,000,000 foot pounds, for each 
100 pounds of coal consumed while pumping, or less than half its maximum 
capacity of 4,000,000 gallons daily 

XT EARLY fifty of these engines are in use or contracted for, among them one 

• of 15,000,000 gallons capacity for the Cit)^ of Buffalo, with a guaranteed 

dut)' of 100,000,000 foot pounds 



The Cantilever Bridge. 



The Cantilever Bridge. 




HE plans of the Central Bridge Works, for the construction of the canti- 
lever bridge of the Michigan Central Railroad, over Niagara River, in 
view of the Falls, were approved and contract awarded April nth, 
1883. Actual work began April 15th. Mr. C. C. Sneider appointed Chief 
Engineer April 26th. The bridge practically completed November 24th; time, 
7 months and 1 1 days • . . . 



/^ENERAL Dimensions: — Elevation of base of rail above surface of water 
• 240 feet; beton foundations 8 feet deep ; masonry, 39 feet high ; steel towers 
130' 6}^" high; each cantilron 395' 2 5-16" long between centres of end pins. 
Intermediate span 11 9' 9" between centres of end pins. Total length 910' i^" 
between centres of end pins. River span 494' 9" centre to centre of towers. . 

l\/r ATERIAL for superstructure : open hearth steel and wrought iron. Towers 

and heavy compression members and all pins, steel ; all tension members, 

wrought iron. Castings at top of towers, steel 

DRIDGE formally opened and tested December 20, 1883. The test train, 

■ agg'"^&3.ting in weight 1,880 tons, consisted of twenty-four locomotives, with 

cars loaded with gravel, and covered both tracks the entire length 



"pHE Central Bridge Works are located in Buffalo, and have been reorganized 
• under the name of the "Union Bridge Company." The new organization 
embraces the Central Bridge Works of Buffalo ; Kellogg & Maurice, of Athens, 
Pa.; the Delaware Bridge Co., of New- York Cit)-, and Thos. C. Clarke, formerly 
of Clarke, Reeves & Co., of Philadelphia 



"pHIS is now the largest and most complete organization for the construction 
• of bridges and similar work in the world. It has a capacit>' for turning out 
26,000 tons of finished work per year 






Music Hall. 



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HIS handsome and attractive structure was erected m 1883 by the 
German Young Men's Association of Buffalo. It is one of the finest 

^ buildings of the kind in the country-, and is regarded with just pride 

by its spirited founders 'L^l^LJ^—^ 

^ renaissance. The front, architecturally speaking. ■• broken •■ by two towers, 
each o. feet hiRh. The capitals, belt cornices, etc.. are of Oh,o sandstone, 
arches and pawls^fjerra^ott^^ 
A RICH effect is produced by the colors of the different materials and the 
^ stained glass over doors and windows. Entrance doors ten feet above 

grade level into the vestibule. • 1 J_J '- 

THE plot of ground on which the hall is erected, is 217 feet wide by 538 
feet deep. Front of building, 200 feet ; depth, 234 fee^;__J___L_l^ 

TlEATl^^G^^pacity^f'-^et^^^ Hall ; the Small 

^ Hall 800 The stage affords room for 1,000 singers and an orchestra of 
SO. Alldi'Ll seats i^ the corridors of U^^^^^^J^^J^^^^^^::^ 



estimates that 10,000 persons could assemble within the walls of the building 
without discomfort on special occasions 

T^HE Main Hall is 100 feet wide; 162 feet deep, including stage; 49 feet 
high ; galleries 1 6 feet wide at sides and rear ; and foyer 30x60 feet. 
Ceiling divided into panels. Colonnades support the galler)\ Interior hand- 
somely decorated 

/^ORRIDORS, 35 feet wide, run on each side of the hall, connecting there- 
with, if necessar)', by wide doors. From the galleries the open outside 
balconies are reached 

T^HE Small Hall, used for lecturing and other entertainments, can be added 

to the main hall by opening the wide doors into the rear gallery. In the 

building are the library and reading rooms of the Association, rehearsal and 

club rooms of several musical societies, cloak, bath, and dressing-rooms. . . . 



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The Genesee. 



HIS hotel is situated at the corner of Main and Genesee Streets, a 
commanding and central position. It occupies the site of the old 
Genesee House, which was a famous tavern in the days of stage- 




coaching. 



'X'HE old tavern was owned by Trumbull Gary, one of the pioneers of Western 

New- York. The new hotel is owned by the Gary Estate, and was opened 

in 1882 



T^HE Genesee contains three hundred rooms, and is kept on the European 

• and American plans, at the convenience of its guests. Charles Losekam, 

Proprietor 



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The Tifft House. 



The Tifft House. 




UILT by the late George W. Tifft, on the site of the old Phenix Tavern, 
this house occupies nearly one-half of the block above Lafayette Park, 
running through from Main to Washington Street 



T AFAYETTE Park is the site of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, which 

is expected to be unveiled on the 4th of July, 1884, and commands a \*try 

beautiful view of Niagara River and Canada 



nrHE Tifft House was opened for guests in 1865, and contains upwards 

of two hundred rooms. It has always been kept on the American plan. 

E. D. Tuthill & Son, Proprietors 



Coal Shipping Docks and Pockets. 



Anthracite Coal Trade. 




YEAR. 
1862, 
1863, 
1864, 
1865, 

i866, 
1867, 
1868, 
1869, 
1870, 
1871, 
1872, 



HE enormous growth of the anthracite coal trade of Buffalo is shown 
by the following statement of receipts in the years named, being a 
period of twenty-two years 



GROSS TONS. 


YEAR. 


93.793 


1873, 


123,319 


1874, 


154,214 


1875, 


143,968 


1876, 


248,716 


1877, 


223,718 


1878, 


318,353 


1879, 


112,914 


1880, 


177,027 


1881, 


102,185 


1882, 


190,994 


1883, 



GROSS TONS. 
254,044 
472,262 
750,206 

S°i.i7S 
759.609 
775,162 

1,092,134 

933,240 

1,246,292 

1,933.004 
2,079,042 



T^HE total local consumption of anthracite in 1883 was at least 285,000 tons. 
• The miners and shippers of anthracite coal, represented at and shipping 

from Buffalo, are as follows: 

. Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company 

. . . Lehigh Valley Coal Company 

. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company 

. Delaware & Hudson Canal Company [over.] 



Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 
Pennsylvania Coal Company. 
Hillside Coal and Iron Company. 
The Butler Colliery Company. . 
J. Langdon & Company. . . . 

Andrew Langdon, 

A. J. Hoole & Company. . 
Coxe, Brothers & Comjsany. 

E. L. Hedstrom 

Frank H. Goodyear 

W. H. Davis & Company. . . 



'^HE following shipping docks and coal pockets have been constructed within 
• the last few years at this port : 



NAME. 



Buffalo, New- York & Philadelphia Railroad, 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company, 
Delaware & Lackawanna Railroad, 

J. Langdon & Co., 

Lehigh Docks, 

Erie Docks, ...... 

Pennsylvania Coal Company, 

Totals, 



Average Ship- 
ping Capacity, 
daily. Tons. 



2,500 
2,500 
3,000 
500 
3,000 
2,500 
2,000 



16,000 



Storage Capac- 
ity of Pockets, 
Tons. 



4,500 
5,000 
4,000 

1,500 

3,000 
3,000 
3,000 



24,000 



Bituminous Coai Trade. 



HE bituminous coal trade 
an increase which would 
cated a few years since, 
presents the figures in a condensed 




of Buffalo shows a progressive growth and 

have been deemed incredible if j^rognosti- 

The following statement of the receipts 

form 



YEAR. 








GROSS TONS. 


1862,* .... 87,502 


1863,* 








83.774 


1864,* 








100,461 


186s,* 








110,463 


1866,* 








I30>3i4 


1867,* 








168,232 


1868,* 








165,053 


1869, . 








248,432 


1870, . 








308,233 


1871, . 








234.177 


1872, . 








340,379 


*From 1862 to 1868, inclusive, by canal and 



YEAR. GROSS TONS. 


1873, .... 482,724 


1874, 








327.467 


1875. 








502,767 


1876, 








374,263 


1877. 








318,447 


1878, 








503,327 


1879, 








735,670 


1880, 








879.855 


1881, 








997,279 


1882, 








1,098,787 


1883, 








2,089,969 



lake only. 



'X'HE following are the miners and shippers of bituminous coal at this port: . 

. . Bell, Lewis & Yates 

.... Bright, Dowdell & Co 

Frank Williams & Co 

. . . Hamilton Coal Company [over.] 



Northwestern Coal and Iron Company and Fairmount Coal and 

Iron Company 

Powers, Brown & Co 

Pittsburg Coal and Mining Company 

Brady's Bend Mining Company 

H. C. Springer & Co 

H. K. Wick 



'PHE foregoing views were produced from photographs specially prepared for 
• this work by George Barker, Niagara Falls, N. Y 



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